The two senior generals in charge of the US military during the withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 both blamed the State Department for not sooner ordering a “noncombatant evacuation operation” for remaining US citizens in Afghanistan in a congressional hearing on Tuesday. “It is my assessment that that decision came too late,” retired Gen. Mark Milley, former Joint Chiefs chairman, said at the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing. Retired Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, former commander of US...
Young people are experiencing early mid-life crises as the use of social media is on the rise. People between 15 and 24 years old are less happy than the generations above them, study finds.
The top two U.S. generals who oversaw the evacuation of Afghanistan as it fell to the Taliban in August 2021 blamed the Biden administration for the chaotic departure, telling lawmakers Tuesday that it inadequately planned for the evacuation and did not order it in time.
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The US announced sanctions on Thursday against Nicaraguan Attorney General Wendy Carolina Morales Urbina, accusing her of assisting the “ruthless oppression of peaceful opposition members” in the country. The Treasury Department dubbed Morales Urbina a "key actor in the Nicaraguan regime’s unjust persecution of political prisoners," according to a press release announcing its sanction. Morales
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There is the fifth-starter race and a few bullpen spots up for grabs, of course. But the club probably has too many catchers, and there is wonder whether it has the backup infielder Brian Cashman & Co. desire.
The Islamic State group is a “very serious threat to us all”, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said. “We firmly condemn, we consider absolutely intolerable the attack that took place in Moscow,” he said. “And we encourage all countries to co-operate with each other in order to make sure that ISIS will not have …
Thomas West, the Special Representative of the United States for Afghanistan, held discussions with Indian officials on developing a unified diplomatic approach to support shared interests. He emphasized the need for humanitarian assistance and a “way forward” in Afghanistan for the current year. On Friday, March 22, he said on his social media platform X, […]
A new antitrust lawsuit takes issue with some of the central ways that the smartphone works
The Afghanistan national football team will face India tomorrow in the second stage of the preliminary round for the 2026 FIFA World Cup and the 2027 AFC Asian Cup. The Afghan Football Federation recently announced that the match is scheduled to take place on Thursday, March 21st, hosted by Saudi Arabia, and the Afghan national […]
Congress needs to pass legislation by Saturday to avert another government shutdown – will it happen?Congress faces its third shutdown deadline of the month this week, as much of the federal government is expected to run out of funding by Friday at midnight.Both chambers of Congress must approve six appropriations bills before Saturday to get the legislation to Joe Biden’s desk and avert a partial shutdown. Although the current fiscal year started more than five months ago, House Republicans...